The idea of creating a solar-powered car is nothing new, though much of what is holding back adoption of this technology is practicality. Can these cars cover long distances solely on the sun? How fast can they go? If you don't plan on driving on highways and would…
Energy is something that everyone has to struggle to think about daily, because of wasted fuel and high costs, but what if it did not have to be that way? What if the heating and cooling brain in the consumer’s living space, the thermostat, could program itself? …
Imagine my surprise when I sifted through an “all green” shop and found The Seven Year Pen. The pen’s name speaks for itself: it lasts for seven years! Now it is true that the sleek and fun designs caught my eye, and my writer’s heart leaped at the…
The geniuses over at ThermaCELL have come up with an amazing device that lights the way (pun intended here, people) toward a fun outdoor experience: the Mosquito Repelling Outdoor Lantern scares away the bugs! This incredibly small and light lantern’s base…
This App of a friend is actually a network of confidants that make up the GasBuddy.com community and work together to note every gas station’s price as they are viewed. The skeptic might chime in and say that a web site or App cannot be updated frequently…
GE might make the big turbines, but there's something to be said about having a smaller and user-friendly version for homes and small businesses. Enter Southwest Windpower. While the company had already created a mini-turbine called the Skystream 3.7, they just…
The "green-thumb" flash USB drive comes at the advent of a lot of other cardboard technology, like the cardboard computer. Developed by Colin Garceau-Tremblay for his design class, the idea behind using cardboard was due to the frequency at which these drives were…
We all know the things that Apple has done to keep a green image. For example, they've removed various toxic chemicals from their products such as: lead, chromium, cadmium, Decabromodiphenyl Ether, arsenic, and mercury - all of which are known carcinogens. Besides…
Now that the holiday season is just around the corner, many people are beginning to do some serious shopping. For those looking to shop greener, the app Climate Counts for the iPhone allows you to choose from the most eco-friendly retailers. One of the best…
In the US alone, styrofoam makes up about 25 percent of the landfills and unfortunately, the material itself does not biodegrade easily. While more and more companies are researching biodegradable products, none of the ideas are as interesting as Eben Bayer's…
Who says that wind turbines have to be thirty feet tall and extremely expensive? Last year Google hosted a wind turbine design contest and the winner was Clarian's Jellyfish. The Jellyfish is a 36 inch vertical-axis wind turbine (VAWT) that can be plugged in…
South Korean scientists have introduced the new MetalCell, a battery that is modeled after a design created 2,000 years ago in Baghdad, now called Baghdad Batteries. The original design used terracotta jars, copper cylinders and an iron rod. When an acidic solution was…